Erin Soderberg Downing @erindowning.bsky.social Author of many fun books about finding your voice, finding your people, finding yourself.
nicole d. collier, ph.d. @essentialcoco.bsky.social ✨ professional daydreamer. ✍🏽 novelist for kids 🍑 ATLien in St. Pete. 💡 critical thinker ☀️ Former teacher and teacher educator
www.nicoledcollier.com
Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Anica Mrose Rissi @anicarissi.bsky.social Author of books for kids & teens · Fan of dogs & ice cream · Faculty at VCFA WCYA
Most recent book: GIRL REFLECTED IN KNIFE (2026)
⭐️ "Breathless, mesmerizing." --Kirkus, starred review
https://anicarissi.com/
https://thisistheeavesdrop.com/
Jennifer Rummel @yabooknerd.bsky.social Children's Librarian, Young Adult Librarian, a lover of books, book blogger, writer, and book reviewer.
She/Her
https://linktr.ee/YABookNerd
Ann Braden (she/her) @annbraden.bsky.social MG author of THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, OPINIONS & OPOSSUMS.... just released: INTO THE RAPIDS
Former middle school teacher.
Southern Vermont.
Rep'd by Tricia Lawrence
https://linktr.ee/annbraden
Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social Author of fantastical novels for adventurous readers: The Verdigris Pawn (JLG), Between Monsters and Marvels (SLJ ⭐️)
Rep: @litagentmarini @highlineliterary
#mgauthorcade
https://linktr.ee/Agw408
Dana Kramaroff @danakramaroff.bsky.social Mom, 2nd grade teacher, and middle grade author of THE DO MORE CLUB (Penguin Random House - Rocky Pond Books) 💛💛💛
Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social Award-winning author of middle grade novels like TEAR THIS DOWN, UNSTUCK, MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU, and VIOLETS ARE BLUE.
Lindsay Currie @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of mysteries for young readers. Newest title: THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS 🗝️
Danielle Joseph @daniellejoseph.bsky.social PB, MG & YA Author. #kidlit
Ruth First Never Backed Down, I Want to Ride the Tap Tap, Shrinking Violet (Disney's Radio Rebel) & more.
Up next: The Mitzvah Fairy (2.4.25)!
Rep: Allison Remcheck at Stimola
www.daniellejoseph.com
Kerry O’Malley Cerra: author 🤟🏼 @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social Author of JUST A DROP OF WATER, HEAR ME, & MAKE A LITTLE WAVE. Coming soon: NF PB The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (Little, Brown ‘26) “Retired” high school librarian #deaf
R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (LYBR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
MissNikkiIn5th @missnikkiin5th.bsky.social M.S.Ed. - Rdg Specialist; Gr 5 ELA; New Jersey Literacy Association Past President; ILA; Literacy Advocate; Writer. Views are my own.
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Kristin Johnson @kfjbooks.bsky.social Author - Dog Mom - Pickleballer
Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
Chris Baron @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social MG author of ALL OF ME & THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT-THE GRAY 23 & more in 24 @FeiwelFriends, English Prof, Poet, ig: christhebearbaron
Twitter @baronchrisbaron
Joanne Levy @joannelevy.bsky.social I write books for kids and make things with wool, wood, and a bit of magic.
Some of my books: LET IT GLOW (with Marissa Meyer), BIRD BRAIN, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS , THE SUN WILL COME OUT, FISH OUT OF WATER, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE.
www.joannelevy.com
Pam Warren @pamwarren.bsky.social Grammy. Momma. Wife. Recently retired teacher still active in volunteering, literacy, and education. #NCTE #ALA #LitReviewCrew #MYRA reader #ILEC
Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
Kath Rothschild Author @kathrothschild.bsky.social Author | WIDER THAN THE SKY (SoHo Teen) and forthcoming books | PhD teach @ Stanford 🌲
Doug Marshall @dougmarshall.bsky.social Children's book author, dog lover, amateur actor/singer, and grandpa. Not necessarily in that order.
Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social #kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
Martha Brockenbrough @marthabee.bsky.social Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Taryn Souders - Middle Grade Author @tarynsouders.bsky.social Author of Agatha, Anthony, and Edgar-nominated books like: The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle, Coop Knows the Scoop, The Secrets of the Broken House, and more.
Fleur Bradley Visscher @fleurbradley.bsky.social Probably off on a Colorado hike somewhere. Author of Get a Clue & MG mysteries Midnight at the Barclay Hotel & Daybreak on Raven Island (Viking), Double Vision trilogy (Harper). MWA, SinC, SCBWI member.
Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social Children's book author, book blogger: PB/MG, #STEM
linktr.ee/JilanneHoffmann
HEARTLAND (LBYR '26)
THE OCEAN'S HEART (Millbrook ‘26)
A RIVER OF DUST (Chronicle '23)
Agent: Lori Steel
Focus: Earth's wonders+environment, STEAMTeam
Cynthia Levinson @cylev.bsky.social Kidlit author/presenter specializing in nonfiction and social justice--and now STEM! See more at cynthialevinson.com. Contact me at clevinson@austin.rr.com. Rep’d by EMLA.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social Writer, poet, lavender menace
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
Janet Fox @janetsfox.bsky.social Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social Creative Living ✨
Writing coach @thenovelry
Author • Designer • HOH
Subscribe to my newsletter👇
https://melanieconklin.substack.com/
https://love-mel-store.printify.me/products
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social Writer of picture books (VAMPIRINA BALLERINA, MOUSE CALLS, and more), chapter book bios and HF. Reader of almost everything. SCBWI. Authors Guild. Repped by Rachel Orr at Prospect. She/her. Find me at www.annemariepace.com
Katryn Bury @katrynwrites.bsky.social Award winning author and also the one who brings up serial killers at your party. 💀🖤 (she/her) BLM 🏳️🌈
Kristin L. Gray @kristinlgray.bsky.social Author, reader, sunshine seeker
BAHA user 🤟
Former RN 🩺
Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space
Student pilot ✈️
Sometimes copy editor ✍🏻
MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶
Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Sarah Albee @sarahalbee.bsky.social I write NF books for kids. Newest titles: BOUNCE! A SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF RUBBER/THE PAINTER AND THE PRESIDENT/ZERO: THE NUMBER THAT ALMOST WASN'T. Repped by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA.
Love visiting schools!
Waka T. Brown @wakatb.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author of WHILE I WAS AWAY | DREAM, ANNIE, DREAM | THE VERY UNFORTUNATE WISH OF MELONY YOSHIMURA | PERFECT | RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER
https://linktr.ee/wakatb
Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social Librarian by day, chocolate lover 24/7.
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social MG/YA author
📖 Race To the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica
📖 Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
📖 Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
📖 Double Crossed - 4.28.2026
rebeccaefbarone.com
Jacob Sager Weinstein @jacobsw.bsky.social I write books, mostly #kidlit. My next picture book is I'M SORRY FOR THE BAGEL BURPS: A YOM KIPPUR APOLOGY. He/him.
https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com
Sally Engelfried @sallye.bsky.social kidlit writer, children's librarian, reader of many books, she/her. LEARNING TO FALL out now 🛹 Little, Brown for Young Readers. Repped by Jennifer Unter/The Unter Agency. 
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2028: LARK GROWS A CAT 🐈 (Chronicle Books)
& OUT OF BOUNDS 🏐 (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Mary Boone @boonewrites.bsky.social Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚
UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.
Janae Marks @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of middle grade books. Latest release: A SPLIT SECOND.✨💜 janaemarks.com
Gennifer Choldenko @choldenko.bsky.social Co-author of the Dogtown series with Katherine Applegate. (Am I lucky or what?) Author of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman.
Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social ⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Yapha Mason @yapha.bsky.social School librarian. I read books like I breathe air. Director of Programs & Operations for BookBreak. 
Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social USA Today bestselling children’s author & sign language interpreter, mom of 2 dogs and 1 human
THREE BLUE HEARTS
SONG FOR A WHALE
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
lynnekellybooks.com
#SCBWI Houston
Vanessa E @vanessaeb.bsky.social Librarian by day. MG/YA writer by night. Black Latina🇲🇽. Makeup Junkie. Tea Lover. Dog lover. Querying Latina fantasy and realistic contemporary. Love #gymnastics
Mod of KidlitLatinx
Public Health Educator
Josh Roberts, author of VICTORIA DARE & THE BLOOD OF KINGS (‘26) @joshwhowrites.bsky.social Author of VICTORIA DARE AND THE BLOOD OF KINGS (2026) and THE WITCHES OF WILLOW COVE series. Editorial Director at Vacationist Media. Bylines in USATODAY, Insider, Yahoo, more. Repped by Becky LeJeune at the Bond Agency.
JessieLeh.bsky.social @jessieleh.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator Naturalist/ Educator
Artist, Curriculum Writer, Maker, Mom
#12x12pb | #scbwi |
Rep’d by @liznealon.bsky.social
www.wineberrywoodpress.com
Mariana Llanos ⭐️Visits Schools!⭐️ @marianallanos.bsky.social Children’s writer, poet, translator 🇵🇪🇺🇸2024 Pura Belpré Honor: Benita y las criaturas nocturnas/Benita and the Night Creatures⭐️Vampirita and the Angry Mob ⭐️Run Little Chaski! & more. #LatinxPitch co-founder. #Oklahoma Teaching Artist.
marianallanos.com
Rachel Alberque @mrsalberque.bsky.social 6th grade ELA teacher, avid reader, 2x TCNJ grad, she/her, views my own
Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
Sydney Dunlap @sydneydunlap.bsky.social SCBWI member, teacher, animal lover, anti-trafficking advocate. Award-winning author of IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY and forthcoming RACING THE CLOUDS (2/18/25). Rep: Ann Rose/The Tobias Agency https://sydneydunlap.com/
Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social (She/Her) Horror Author. Cryptid Enthusiast.
IT CAME FROM THE TREES
WEDNESDAY: BOOK OF OUTCASTS
MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE
DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS
Rep'd by Paige Terlip at Starling Literary + Media
https://linktr.ee/onedarkally
Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Deborah Lakritz @deblak1.bsky.social Author of Sydney Taylor Notable award-winning middle grade novel, THINGS THAT SHIMMER, plus PBs and YAs. Midwestern. I travel for Bruuuuce.
Melanie Pendleton @melpend.bsky.social Middle school English teacher, MG writer, SCBWI member, Pitch Wars alum, dog lover.
melaniependleton.com
@carolynchaffin.bsky.social @carolynchaffin.bsky.social Mom of 4
Elementary school library clerk
Book collector
Iced Chai latte addict
Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Anne O'Brien Carelli - kidlit author @aobriencarelli.bsky.social Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Anne Nesbet @annenesbet.bsky.social My favorite films are silent. My favorite places are far away. I write books!
Caroline Carlson @carolinecarlson.bsky.social I write books for kids (VERY NEARLY HONORABLE LEAGUE OF PIRATES, WICKED MARIGOLD, & more). Latest: THE TINKERERS. Rep: Allison Hellegers. https://carolinecarlsonbooks.com
Jana Writes Comix @janawritescomix.bsky.social #Kidlit MG comics writer ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS, SEEKER SOCIETY | public elementary M.S., CCC-SLP/L | #educomix | ADHD | gamer dog mom | she/her | 🚫 Gen AI | 🔜ALA, SDCC
Linktree: JanaTropper
It's chaos. Be kind.
Mari Mancusi @marimancusi.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of Disney books and dragon books. 
à la bibliohèck @alabiblioheck.bsky.social public library assistant director. mawrter. saltwater conch. aggressively into potatoes. she/elle 🏳️🌈✨
Henry Herz @henryherz.bsky.social #Author of 14 picture books (I Am Smoke) & many #MG, #YA & adult short stories - #fantasy, #scifi, #horror. #Editor of 10 #anthologies (Combat Monsters). henryherz.com
Agent: Laurie McLean (Fuse Literary)
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social Author of A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY | Cailleach of the Catskills | Baba Yaga of Philly | Writes Fantasy & Scifi for Children | Knitter, Needleworker, Raptor lover
@varshab.bsky.social @varshab.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of Thirst (2022), Count Me In, and A Garland of Henna (2024). Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Group). Repped by Caryn Wiseman (ABLA). Lover of chai, croissants and words.
Michelle Cusolito, M.Ed. ❌👑 @mcusolito.bsky.social Award-winning author of books for kids. Educator. Science Communicator. Ocean Evangelist. Preorder JELLYFISH SCIENTIST and IN THE WORLD OF WHALES. Adjunct @SimmonsUniversity MFA. Rep: @jmcgowanbks #SciComm she/her
https://linktr.ee/mcusolito
Renee Beauregard Lute @reneeblute.bsky.social Author | DINNER AT THE BRAKE FAST | THE EXCEPTIONAL MAGGIE CHOWDER | WINICKER WALLACE | Mom to 3 | She/Her | PNW
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
https://www.reneebeauregardlute.com
Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom🐾; DC sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡
https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
Deborah M. Burton, MD @drmommasays.bsky.social YA Sci-Fi Fantasy Mystery Author INVISIBLE CAGES: THE ALYNTHIA QUEST
Launching October 2026
Retired ENT Physician
#kidlit #writingcommunity #booksky
Amalie Jahn (she/her) @amaliejahn.bsky.social Kidlit Author Rep'd by Ann Rose
MG 2024: TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD (Penguin)
YA 2023: A WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPS (Kirkus ⭐️)
YA 2021: PHOEBE UNFIRED
TED speaker | potter | anxious | neuro diverse | accomplice
https://linktr.ee/AmalieJahn
Julia DeVillers @juliadevillers.bsky.social Mostly middle grade author. 📚 Next: MEET ME IN WONDERLAND (S&S, May), 🎡
Nancy Tandon @nancytandon.bsky.social Middle grade author of THE WAY I SAY IT (Charlesbridge) and THE GHOST OF SPRUCE POINT (Aladdin). Supporter of literacy in all its forms. Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
Michelle Houts @mhoutswrites.bsky.social Picture book and middle grade author, fiction and biographies. Connecting with curious kids and adults at school visits, libraries, and book festivals. Repped by Allison Remcheck at Rosemary Stimola Literary Studio.
Refe Tuma @refe.blue Writer, dinosaur photographer. Author of FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST, a Page Turner Award winner and Bram Stoker Award nominee, and the bestselling WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID pb series. Rep: Marie Lamba, Kristyn Benton.
Jen Calonita @jencalonita.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, Jenna Rink fan, Disney Girl. Latest: The Enchanter’s Tale: FAIRY GODMOTHER Up next: ISLE OF EVER 3/25/25
Brooke King @brookebythebook.bsky.social Librarian, Library Advocate, TxASL Past-Chair
@hmcauthor.bsky.social @hmcauthor.bsky.social 
Penny Sweeney @psweeney31.bsky.social Passionate librarian. Lover of kid lit, cats and kids. Trying to write the great American MG novel.
@shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social @shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social 
Heather Bouwman @hmbouwman.bsky.social children's writer, college professor, Minnesotan etc etc (new book in 2025: Scattergood). She/her. Protect trans kids (and adults). hmbouwman.com
Dana Alison Levy (she/her) @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social Writer of books, rouser of rabble.
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy